The Magazine of the Nsw Sea Kayak Club Issue 107 | April 2018
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THE MAGAZINE OF THE NSW SEA KAYAK CLUB ISSUE 107 | APRIL 2018 THe final coast boast | Old Sea Dog | Kayak Fests| Incident at Wattamolla mid‑north coast | Hobart to Bicheno | Canada | Bass Strait 2 This page:You can take the boy off the farm...Campbell Tiley gets a tow from his fellow paddlers (Image - Nick Blacklock) Cover: Jen Harrison admires the cliffs on the East Coast of Tasmania (Image - Les Allen) CONTENTS NSW Sea Kayak Club Inc. From the President’s Deck 3 PO BOX R1302, ROYAL EXCHANGE NSW 1225 From the Editor’s Desk 3 Training Coordinator Update 4 The NSWSKC is a voluntary organisation run by members who give their time Old Sea Dog at 85 5 freely to the club. Membership is offered yearly. Please see the website for details and application. www.nswseakayaker.asn.au All new NSWSKC members 6 Ocean Guardians 7 PRESIDENT: TRIPS CONVENOR: Tony Murphy Selim Tezcan KASK Kayakfest 8 [email protected] [email protected] WA Kayak Fest 10 Lake Tekapo Double Drowing 12 VICE PRESIDENT: ROCK ’N ROLL COORDINATOR: Neil Duffy Simon Swifte Wattamolla incident 14 [email protected] [email protected] Garmin inReach 15 The Coast Boast 17 SECRETARY/TREASURER: INTERNET COORDINATOR: Paul Thomas Mark Wingrave Club Trips [email protected] [email protected] Batemans Bay Explorer 20 TRAINING COORDINATOR: EDITOR: Bouncing off Broughton 22 Megan Pryke Ruby Ardren Swallow Rock to Kurnell 24 [email protected] [email protected] Private Trips Contributions yes please! Salt the magazine of the NSW Sea Kayak Club is published three to four times a Cockatoo Island 26 year by the NSW Sea Kayak Club. The NSWSKC welcomes articles relating to sea kayaking for inclusion in the Club’s magazine and website. Publication in the magazine and/or website is at the sole discretion Saltiest Submission 28 of the editor. All articles submitted are subject to review by the editor who reserves the right to reject or Basin Basecamp 29 edit material. Please email contributions as Microsoft Word or text files. Images need to be supplied at the highest possible resolution. All material is copyright. The contributor retains underlying intellectual property Sea Kayak across Bass Strait 32 rights in the contribution however the contributor grants the club a global perpetual all-media license to The Hidden Jewel 36 publish the contribution in club communications, including in print and digitally. Reproduction in whole or part is strictly forbidden without written permission from the editor, author or photographer. Advertisers Me-Mel 41 must adhere to legal requirements and undertake to indemnify NSWSKC against any consequences Limeburners to Khappinghat 42 arising out of their advertisements. For further information contact the editor. NZ International Kayak Week 44 All views expressed in this magazine are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the NSWSKC. A German Adrift 46 IMPORTANT: Please review the Paddler Safety, Required Equipment, Grading System and Club Calendar Gulf Islands - Vancouver Is 48 sections of the club website. APRIL 2018 | SALT 3 paddling and the hanging around From the with a great bunch of like-minded people. I look forward to catching up with as many of you as possible President’s over those days in Currarong. We’ve had another addition to the Deck committee since the last SALT. Mark Wingrave has stepped into TONY MURPHY the Internet Coordinator role to oversee the development of our new website. Thanks Mark and welcome. It’s that time of year again. Yee ha! Speaking of the committee … there Rock ‘n’ Roll. will be positions vacant again come the AGM in July. I for one will be Okay maybe some of you are not stepping down. Have a think about quite as excited as I am. But R’n’R whether it might be time to do your really is the pinnacle of the kayak bit. Maybe have a chat to me or one club’s year. By the time you read of the other committee members at this it will already be on. Enjoy the Rock ‘n’ Roll. From the Editor’s Desk We have the final images for RUBY ARDREN the Coast Boast competition put together by Adrian Clayton. It’s been a lot of work to manage this competition, and the contribution Rock ‘n’ Roll is such a great Adrian has made to magazine opportunity to learn from other content has been most appreciated. paddlers. Some members enjoy While on contributions, thank you so this type of experience so much much for responding to my calls for they’re willing to travel to similar articles. We always manage to pull events in other states and overseas. together a magazine in the end! Each one is run a little differently, Given how many people have so offers new experiences. A few of paddled in Tasmania this summer, these events have been covered in I’m looking forward to seeing the this issue. stories they have to share for the This issue we can also learn from a next issue, due out in July. Don’t couple of incident coverages - one forget I’m also looking for articles local and one from New Zealand. about kayaking food, good or bad! Our website ties people in knots The club secretary His scout leader just started a I was pretty shocked with how recently received positive section on knots, and Jacob’s father many knots he remembered. Haha. feedback on the club’s realized he was struggling with the Jacob and his father asked me to website: boating knots. My husband, who tell you how much of a help your was a scout many, many years ago, page was. My son has been a scout for about asked me to look up some good Thanks again for the help! a year and a half now. He has web pages to help Jacob. I came became a great leader and has across your page which had ways Marie Weaver learned so many life skills already. to tie them and was a huge help. NSW SEA KAYAK CLUB | APRIL 2018 4 Training Coordinator Update MEGAN PRYKE Learning is a social experience. Qualifications are not received Within a group of competent sea directly as a result of completing kayakers, you find others with training. Feedback by an assessor similar goals. “My goals are my still takes place, as the objective is own, but I am not alone” is a to test existing skills and knowledge. quote that comes to mind. The The training and acquisition of skills like-minded people that I have is separated from the assessment. met via the club have assisted in To consolidate your skills it’s gaining the experience and skills important to take advantage of the to undertake adventurous trips to trips available through the club. amazing destinations, and maintain This gives you the opportunity to and build fitness while enhancing incorporate what you’ve learnt my own life experiences. Australian Canoeing Update into your skill set and apply the Congratulations to those who have new things you’ve learnt until they Many thanks to Harry Havu, attained Australian Canoeing (AC) become second nature. The club Stuart Trueman, Tony Murphy Awards. Over the last year the has a number of regular weekly trips and Rob Mercer for providing following members have obtained that provide this opportunity. Many comment and thoughts on a list these awards: thanks to trip leaders including Rob of evidence requirements that the Mercer, Owen Kimberly, Sharon club provided to AC during 2017. As with any process that involves Sea Skills Betteridge and Matt Bezzina (for those that can get out early on setting guidelines that others Paul Thomas Saturday). They assure there is a have to follow, there are inevitable Richard Hackett way to get out for a known period differences of opinion. All comments Brian Burke that members can plan around. Due were positive and provided in a Hubert Wiest to the majority of paddlers on these cooperative spirit. Barry Marshall trips being skilled, they provide safe The proposed changes included sea paddling experiences and a some increases in log book Enclosed Sea Skills chance to benefit from the collective experience and a possible move AND experience of the group. to isolate the overnight camping Enclosed Sea Guide Of note is an expedition trip, component for all AC awards. intended for the Hunter group off The draft changes also aimed Neil Gow to sort out some inconsistencies North West Tasmania that became in documentation. At this stage an expedition to other areas of AC Sea Skills can be assessed the final outcome has not been Tasmania. In the run up to this by a suitably experienced Sea fully rolled out or announced. All trip Stuart Trueman conducted Instructor. There are other sea people with Sea Skills will now be two weekend trips to ensure that skills candidates who are aiming required to renew their certification those interested in attending were for completion. A few members by submitting an updated log book prepared. are working towards leadership every three or five years. qualifications. It can be a process There has been rolling tuition, basic AC has also rolled out web based that depends on the availability skills and sea skills training and systems for administration. From of members and relevant leaders many sea trips conducted. Selim the 1st March 2018, the only so at times gets stymied by other and I will complete a fuller report for method of submitting log book life events and commitments. the Annual General Meeting. experience to attain or update Nonetheless, the process does If you have missed out on a trip awards is via AC Paddlelog which provide paddlers with a structure or training opportunity or have is available in a desktop and Smart that they can work towards.